Kitchen Updating

In my last post, I showed you what we did in regards to the new flooring we put in, but I also did a bit of updating of the kitchen.  I had been using red as an accent color in our kitchen and once the flooring went in, I decided to change that up too.  Since blue is my favorite color and our family room that the kitchen is connected to also has blue in it, I decided to carry that into the kitchen.  I still have a couple of things I want to re-paint and I'll share those once I'm done...but in the meantime....

Here's our wine rack that Fred found at one of the Iowa Wineries that we've been visiting over the summer.  This was found at Eagle City Winery outside of Iowa Falls and we both thought it worked perfectly for the spot we wanted about our buffet bar.

 

 

I also found new kitchen valances for our corner windows which is where our sink is located.  The originals were a tab top red and cream plaid by Waverly and I did sell them on Craigslist so that helped with cost of the new ones.  These I found at Bed, Bath & Beyond and I wanted something very simple in a muslin or linen.

Our kitchen rugs were getting pretty worn and they take a lot of abuse anyway, so I went on the hunt for new rugs wanting to them to coordinate with the blue/brown color scheme I was working toward.  I ended up finding exactly what I wanted at JC Penney and I love them and love the fact they are machine washable.

I have just a couple more things that need to paint that I want to use in the room and I'm hoping to have those done soon.........

In the meantime, I've moved on to our den for a fresh coat of paint on the walls.......I'll share soon!